Job overview

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, 37 Hours Per Week

Contract Term: All Year Round (31 Days Holiday Plus Bank Holidays)

Salary: Scale Point L18 – L24, Actual Salary Range £75,675 - £87,651

(Negotiable starting point and potentially higher for an exceptional candidate)

The Trust is seeking a dynamic Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to play a pivotal role in shaping the Trust’s financial future. The ideal candidate will be a strategic leader, able to balance oversight of operational excellence with high-level strategic insight, ensuring long-term financial health and growth. This is a great opportunity to join a values-driven Trust at an exciting stage in our development. You will be a key member of the Trust’s Leadership Team, working closely with the CEO and other Leaders to develop and implement strategy and to resource and deliver the organisation’s strategic objectives sustainably.

The CFO is expected to bring a modern, commercial approach to the leadership of the finance function, running it as a highly competent and efficient service with an emphasis on a proactive and customer-focused service. As well as ensuring the financial health of our organisation, you will bring experience of lateral thinking when it comes to realising the financial opportunities that we have within our Trust.

The CFO is directly responsible to the Chief Executive, who is the accounting officer for the Trust, and is ultimately responsible for the proper financial conduct of the institution. The CFO will provide advice on strategic financial issues and be responsible for financial management and for the leadership and management of the financial team.

To apply or to find out more about our Trust please have a look at our website by clicking on the link:

https://i-mat.org.uk

which has links to all our academies.

If you would like an informal chat, or to know more about the role or Trust, please contact Viv Helliwell on email

admin@i-mat.org.uk

and a call will be arranged with Mick Kay, CEO.

Application Deadline – 9am Tuesday 22nd April

Interview Dates – Wednesday 30th April, Thursday 1st May.

Impact Multi Academy Trust is committed to the welfare and safety of all our pupils, and as such rigorous DBS and employment checks will be carried out.

About Impact Education Multi Academy Trust

Impact Education Multi Academy Trust

First Floor, Unit 12, Longbow, Close, Pennine Business Park, Bradley, Huddersfield

West Yorkshire

HD2 1GQ

United Kingdom

+44 1484 799321

I am proud to welcome you to Impact Education Multi Academy Trust. The Trust is on a mission to improve the life chances of children and young people and improve social mobility for the disadvantaged. Our vision is to be a Trust where hearts and minds connect; values-driven partners working collaboratively to ensure education impacts positively on students, families, communities and staff. Impact Academies are aligned to the Trust Mission, Vision and Aims. Our Academies have individual identities which reflect the diverse communities they serve. They have the autonomy to create, explore and learn from different practices and our Headteachers believe that leadership and personal accountability are founded on self-direction and reflection.

We believe that collaborative leadership and strong partnership development can lead to significant positive impact on the quality of education through sharing the best collective practice.

Our values of Heart, Mind and Connect underpin everything we do and our Core Principles and Aims articulate how we will live these out.

Best Wishes,

Mick Kay, Chief Executive Officer & Accounting Officer

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